B2verb · transitive · rare

tame

tame · tames · tamed · taming

приручити, приручати

приручить, приручать, приручаться, приручиться

zahm werden, zähmen

To make or become tameTo make or become tame; to domesticate (an animal).

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/teɪm/

» Can you help me tame this horse?

Kannst du mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe

Könnt ihr mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe

Können Sie mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe

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Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To make or become tame; to domesticate (an animal).
He tamed the wild horse.
zahm werden
прируча́тьсяpriručátʹsja, приручи́тьсяpriručítʹsja
(transitive)To make submissive.
The governor tames the engine.
zähmen
прируча́тьpriručátʹ, приручи́тьpriručítʹ
прируча́тиpryručáty, приручи́тиpryručýty
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
To take control of something that is unruly.
Police have to tame the riots.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

Examples

52 sentences

Can you help me tame this horse?
deKannst du mir helfen, dieses Pferd zu zähmen? — Waldelfe
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Tom caught a wolf and tried to tame it.
ruТом поймал волка и попытался приручить его. — odexed
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The birds are so tame they will eat from your hand.
ruЭти птицы такие ручные, что будут есть с твоей руки. — Ooneykcall
deDie Vögel sind so zahm, sie werden dir aus der Hand fressen. — riotlake
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This lion is very tame.
ruЭтот лев очень смирный. — Wezel
deDieser Löwe ist sehr zahm. — Luiaard
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You can't tame a wolf.
ruВы не можете приручить волка. — odexed
deEinen Wolf kann man nicht zähmen. — jakov
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make something tame:

Русский

By meaning 2

to become tame:

to make something tame:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to become tame:

to make something tame:

Origin

From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old

From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”).

From Middle English tamen (“to cut into, broach”). Compare French entamer.

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Forms

tames, taming, tamed, tamed

Base form	tame · to tame
3rd person singular	tames
Present participle	taming
Past simple	tamed
Past participle	tamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tame
he, she, it	tames

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have tamed
he, she, it	has tamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tame

Synonyms

12 synonyms

gentleA2

Close in meaning

correct by punishment or discipline:chasten subdue
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans:domesticate
make less strong or intense; soften:tone down moderate
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable:domesticate domesticize domesticise reclaim
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment:domesticate cultivate naturalize naturalise

Word family

11 related words

Relatedtameable tamable tamer

Deriveduntame retame tamability tameability tameableness tameless untameable untameableness

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle